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THE BENEFITS OF IoT IN SCHOOLS

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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. (2020). Internet of things in education [Brochure].

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Onbrief-en.pdf.

There are several Internet of Technology (IoT) devices, such as smart white boards, smart

temperature sensors, smart student ID cards, wireless door locks, surveillance cameras,

that can be adapted into education. These devices can track students’ activities and

eventually bring teachers deeper understanding of their students, which, in turn, can

affect teaching methods. IoT systems also reduce energy consumption through automated

operations management. However, the brochure also mentions challenges of this new

technology, such as network resources and data security. This brochure is useful as it

suggests the future structure of smart education and positive results in education and

energy saving by integrating such technological advancements. It also advises solutions

to prevent data leaking and perform service aptly.

Bagheri, M., & Movahed, S.H. (2016). The effect of the internet of things (IoT) on education

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Marquez, J., Villanueva, J., Solarte, Z., & Garcia, A. (2016). IoT in education: Integration of

objects with virtual academic communities. New Advances in Information Systems and

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Virtual Academic Communities is an online classroom that everyone can join anytime

anywhere. The article suggests an adapted architecture using IoT devices and how the

devices can bring a better educational environment to both students and teachers. The

Integration of objects to the VAC can create compelling interaction because it provides

more variety of data instead of students performing manually with physical objects. The

results from this study are useful because they show that using IoT devices in education

can bring more interaction and engagement between teachers and students and also help

teachers to enhance students’ knowledge. Moreover, it provides valuable information

about the different types of objects that can be used in VAC and the types of layers that

are in this adapted architecture.

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Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

Classrooms with electronic devices can bring more interactive and positive effects to both

teachers and students in academic areas. However, schools have encouraged students to

bring their own electronic devices to school. IoT devices at school help students to access

information and learn. Students then have opportunities to interact and connect with their

learning through IoT devices. The paper presents information about several micro-boards,

such as Arudino and Raspberry Pi, that students can use to program and activate easily

with educational materials. By using these types of devices, students can be familiar with

future technologies. This article explains why IoT devices can be beneficial to students.

This article adds to my research because it provides evidence that IoT devices can

provide a high quality education to students. It also is useful because it states that IoT

students can adapt to new types of technologies and can be helpful for future students

who may work in computer science.

Pierce, D. (2016). How the internet of things will impact schools. T H E Journal, 43(6), 20-21.

The purpose of the article is to explain that schools should be prepared to integrate IoT

into education. Currently, there are some IoT devices that can be found in schools such as

surveillance cameras, HVAC systems and wearable devices. Students can access a

variety of information through IoT devices; however, parents, from the perspective of

guardians, are concerned about collecting students’ data. This journal shows that there are

still adversities to face, especially in data security and network. Nevertheless, the article

clearly articulates how IoT is already benefiting students around the world and how IoT

can be applied in the future of education.

O’Heir, J (2017). Industry needs engineers with the skills to build the internet of things.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineering, 139(1), 29-33.

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Schaffhauser, D. (2018). IoT has arrived. T H E Journal, 45(2). 6-10.

This article shows the usage of IoT devices in schools and how it can be used. In

Colorado ‘s Adams 12 Five Star Schools, they adapted RFID card systems to track student’s

location. The system can cover “11000 kids who ride one of 163 buses.” When students ride on

the bus and scan their card, the system time-stamps through GPS and is able to locate where they

get on and leave. Also, IoT devices can create educational environments in schools. At the

library in St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesvilles, there are several Google Home speakers

on the shelf. The purpose of Google Home speakers is for students to ask questions about what

they want to know. It helps students to access academic or non-academic questions. IoT devices

can bring more safety to students and a sense of stability to parents. Furthermore, IoT devices

can be beneficial to students who need to use academic information.

Yadav, G., Sundaravadivel, P., Kesavan, L. (2020). Affect-learn: an IoT-based affective learning

framework for special education. IEEE Access. 10.1109/WF-IoT48130.2020.9221339.